Association between wildfire smoke exposure and parents' adoption of protective behaviours: Exploring the role of objective and subjective smoke exposure.

Catherine E Slavik, Daniel A Chapman, Stephanie E Cleland, Perry Hystad, Ellen Peters

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Article in Environmental challenges (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Catherine E SlavikCenter for Science Communication Research, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3077-239X

Daniel A ChapmanCenter for Science Communication Research, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9895-9284

Stephanie E ClelandFaculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1912-8349

Perry HystadCollege of Health, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States.

Ellen PetersCenter for Science Communication Research, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States.

Funding

Advancing Science, Practice, Programming and Policyin Research Translation for Children's Environment Health (Asp3ire)P2CES033432 · NIEHS · OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY · 2022 to 2025

$5.8M

NIEHS NIH HHS P2C ES033432

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Abstract

Exposure to wildfire smoke poses a significant threat, particularly to children, even at low concentrations. Although several agencies monitor and disseminate air quality data, some parents rely on sensory cues to decide on protective behaviours, such as using air purifiers. We investigated relationships between objective smoke exposure measures (from air monitoring data), parents' subjective perceptions of smoke exposure (perceived through sight or smell), and their protective behaviours during wildfire smoke events. We combined survey responses from 2086 parents in wildfire-prone regions of the western US and Canada with three and a half years of wildfire smoke data (2020-2023). Parents' subjective perceptions of being exposed to smoke were associated with objective smoke exposure measures; however, subjective exposure was more strongly related to protective behaviours than objective exposure measures. Specifically, parents who perceived being exposed to wildfire smoke took, on average, more than one additional protective action (

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Air qualityChildren’s healthExposure reductionProtective behaviourRisk perceptionsSmoke exposureWildfire smoke

Identifiers

PMID42559529

DOI10.1016/j.envc.2025.101362

PMCPMC13441431

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